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- Title
Effects on Ultrastructure, Composition and Specific Surface Area of the Gills of Odontesthes bonariensis Under Subchronic Glyphosate-Based Herbicide Exposure.
- Authors
Menéndez-Helman, Renata J.; Miranda, Leandro A.; Salibián, Alfredo; dos Santos Afonso, María
- Abstract
Gills represent one of the major sites of gas exchange of fish, consequently they are in continuous close contact with the aquatic environment and its pollutants. In the present study the effects on gills of pejerrey fish, Odontesthes bonariensis, under glyphosate-based herbicide subchronic exposure were analyzed. Adult animals were exposed to sublethal concentrations of a glyphosate-based commercial formulation (1 and 10 PMG mg L−1, PMG: glyphosate active ingredient) for 15 days, while control group was maintained in rearing water. Ultrastructural changes in gills were observed by scanning electron microscopy (SEM). The composition of the surface epithelium and specific surface area were determined by energy dispersive spectroscopy (EDS) and N2 (g) adsorption–desorption isotherms, respectively. The herbicide exposure induced severe alterations in gill ultrastructure, as shown in the SEM micrographs. Accordingly, an increase in surface area of the gills of exposed animals was determined. These results support that gills parameters of freshwater fish are sensitive morphological biomarkers for glyphosate exposure.
- Subjects
HERBICIDES; SURFACE area; GILLS; GLYPHOSATE; FRESHWATER fishes; SCANNING electron microscopy
- Publication
Bulletin of Environmental Contamination & Toxicology, 2020, Vol 105, Issue 6, p835
- ISSN
0007-4861
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/s00128-020-03031-4